Phoenix (/ˈfiːnɪks/ FEE-niks; Navajo: Hoozdo; Spanish: Fénix or Fínix,[citation needed] Walapai: Banyà:nyuwá) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state
of Arizona, with 1,608,139 residents as of 2020. It is the fifth-most populous city in the United States, and the only U.S. state capital with a population of more than one million residents.
Phoenix is the anchor of the Phoenix metropolitan area, also known as the Valley of the Sun, which in turn is part of the Salt River Valley. The metropolitan area is the 11th largest by population in the United States, with approximately 4.85 million people as of 2020. Phoenix, the seat of Maricopa County, has the largest area of all cities in Arizona, with an area of 517.9 square miles (1,341 km2), and is also the 11th largest city by area in the United States. It is the largest metropolitan area, both by population and size, of the Arizona Sun Corridor megaregion.
Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, one of the eight autonomous prefectures in Yunnan Province, is the capital of Shangri-La. Tibetan means "auspicious place". It is located in the northwest of Yunnan Province, at the junction of Yunnan, Tibet and Sichuan provinces, the Hengduanshan vein longitudinally arranged in the north and south of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and the hinterland of the Jinsha, Lancang and Nujiang parallel rivers. The Lancang River and Jinsha River run through the whole territory from north to south, covering a total area of 23870 square kilometers. Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture manages one county (Deqin County), one autonomous county (Weixi Lisu Autonomous County) and one county-level city (Shangri-La). There are 26 ethnic groups in Diqing, including Tibetan, Lisu, Han, Naxi, Bai, Hui, Yi, Miao and Pumi, with more than a thousand people. Shangri-La, Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, is located on the southern edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.